McIlroy Bests Star-Studded Field at BMW Championship

Rory McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour, beating the year’s strongest leaderboard on Sunday to claim the BMW Championship title.

McIlroy closed with a 5-under 67 to earn a two-shot victory over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood. It is McIlroy’s sixth career win. He, Jack Nicklaus and Woods are the only three players to win at least six times by age 23.

McIlroy is the No. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup finale in two weeks at East Lake, but any of the top five seeds can win the Tour Championship and capture the FedEx Cup with its $10 million bonus.McIlroy finished on 20-under 268 and earned $1.44 million, pushing him to over $7.8 million for the season to effectively lock up the money title and all but assure being voted by his peers as the PGA Tour player of the year